Emperor Zhengde pretended to be ill and left the imperial gate.
Liu Jiandao: "Everyone, since the emperor is ill, we will not go to Qianqing Palace to disturb his rest today. Tomorrow morning, if the emperor does not issue an order to let Chang Feng attack the prince, we will kneel down and remonstrate until death!"
The oldest, simplest and most effective way for civil servants to suppress the emperor was to kneel down and remonstrate.
When kneeling to remonstrate, civil servants occupy the natural moral high ground - a truly wise king should do what is good. Only the kings of Jie and Zhou ignored the loyal advice and remonstrances of his ministers.
There is not much time left for Chang Feng, only one day.
Chang Feng walked up to Liu Jian. He bowed his hands towards Liu Jian and the civil servants: "I would like to thank the chief minister and all the gentlemen for their support!"
Liu Jian smiled and said: "It is your duty to serve the country as a loyal minister. Don't worry, Governor Chang, the sixth generation Marquis of Xing'an is none other than you! This matter will be taken care of by us."
Chang Feng cursed in his heart: Thank you so much! Thank you mother for your claws! It's so difficult for me, digging holes for me everywhere!
Chang Feng returned to Jinyiwei and thought hard about how to avoid the trap.
In fact, the pit dug by Liu Jian is not impeccable. Not long after, Changfeng had already figured out how to deal with it.
At this moment, Wang Shouren, the head of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War across Jinyiwei Street, came to visit.
Wang Shouren smiled and said: "I congratulate Master Chang, he will inherit the title of Marquis soon!"
Chang Feng waved his hand slightly: "Don't make fun of me. In the morning, the weasel paid New Year's greetings to the chicken. Isn't it clear to Brother Shouren what the weasel is thinking?"
Wang Shouren said: "In my opinion, it's better to use the trick. Isn't it that Jin Yiwei claims that 'as long as Master Chang lives in the world, Jin Yiwei's surname will be Chang'?"
"The ownership of the power of the Jin Yiwei has never depended on whether there is a formal official position. It depends on who the emperor wants to hand over the power of guard."
"Don't say you have become a marquis. Even if you are born in civilian clothes, as long as the emperor lets you take charge of the Jinyiwei, you will still be the chief manager of the Jinyiwei."
"Don't give up the title of Marquis for nothing. When the time comes, it will still be you, Marshal Chang, who is the Imperial Guard. Oh no, Marquis Chang has the final say."
Chang Feng waved his hand: "No. It's easy for me to say. The key is to break the slave! He will become the prince of the marquis, and his ten years of hard work and his ambition to serve the country will be in vain."
"His mission of patrolling the salt south will also be abandoned halfway. With this involved, I absolutely cannot ask for the title of Marquis."
Wang Shouren sat down opposite Chang Feng unceremoniously: "I missed the calculation."
Chang Feng added: "Besides, I, the fifth-ranked leader of the small sect, attacked the Marquis. It's not fair to the four relatives above."
Wang Shouren asked: "Then how does Brother Chang plan to deal with it?"
Chang Feng smiled slightly: "Simple. I will invite Fatty Xu to drink tonight. Something will happen during the period. I also invite Brother Shouren to attend the banquet as a witness."
Wang Shouren said: "It seems that Brother Chang already has a plan in mind."
Chang Feng said with a smile: "I still have to arrange the inspection of the homes of the criminals involved in the salt case. Brother Shou will go back to the Ministry of War for the time being. We will see you tonight."
Wang Shouren stood up: "Okay. Chang Shuai is busy first."
Half an hour later, Chang Feng summoned Qian Ning, Shi Wenyi, Zhang Cai, and You Jingwu to discuss matters.
Chang Feng said: "The charges and punishments of more than sixty officials have been determined. All of them have an additional clause of 'borrowing their homes'. We must handle this job well."
Borrow, an elegant way of saying copy.
Qian Ning said with a smile: "Po Nu's nephew is charging into the battle in Yangzhou, and we are searching the house behind. Master Chang is right, the house confiscation errand must be done well. Otherwise, Po Nu's nephew will be disappointed with his hard work."
Chang Feng ordered: "The errand of searching the house is still the responsibility of the inspection department. When the house is being searched, the six of us will go out to inspect the house. We must keep an eye on it."
"This is the most important task assigned to the Imperial Guard after the Emperor ascends the throne. We have to show our faces in front of the Emperor. Don't expose your buttocks."
Shi Wenyi said worriedly: "Master Handsome, please allow me to say a few words. The civil servants have been aggressive in the past, and the most important thing you should consider now is how to keep your official position."
Zhang Caidao: "Yes, handsome master. Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others have terrible intentions. They actually want to force you to lose your official position and become an idle nobleman. They came prepared. You have to deal with it well and don't take it lightly."
Chang Feng smiled and said: "You don't need to worry about this for me. I already have a way to deal with it. You just need to deal with the important tasks of confiscating the house. Remember, if no money is confiscated, no money will go into the treasury. Give it directly to Liu Jin. Eunuch Liu, put it into the inner transport warehouse."
Qian Ning was surprised: "Is this the emperor's will?"
Changfeng nodded slightly.
Qian Ning said: "I understand. The emperor wants to turn the criminal's property into private money."
At this moment, Jiang Bin came to visit.
Apart from the Eight Tigers, Emperor Zhengde's most trusted confidant was Jiang Bin. Jiang Bin was to Emperor Zhengde just like Changfeng in the first year of Hongzhi was to Emperor Hongzhi.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Jiang Bin was the only one who ate and slept with the emperor.
For Emperor Zhengde, Jiang Bin was not only his adopted son, his eldest son, but also his military teacher.
The civil servants mistakenly believed that Jiang Bin was the face of Emperor Zhengde, and they really underestimated Emperor Zhengde.
In Emperor Zhengde's plan for the future, Jiang Bin would become his tool to control military power.
Jiang Bin prides himself on being extremely popular. Except for Chang Feng, he didn't pay attention to anyone in Jinyiwei.
Jiang Bin said: "You all go down first. I have a few words to say to Mr. Chang Shuai alone."
Qian Ning's face turned cold and he cursed in his heart: Who do you think you are? Is it your turn to boss around in Jinyiwei?
But on the surface, Qian Ning cannot offend Jiang Bin: "Master Chang is assigning important tasks to us."
Chang Feng ordered: "That's all, you go down first."
After everyone left, Jiang Bin said: "The emperor asked the general to ask Mr. Chang Shuai if he had figured out a way to crack it?"
Chang Feng said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty. A mere plan is of no use."
Jiang Bin actually said: "Master Chang, don't underestimate the enemy. Civil servants are good at power struggles and are not opponents that can be defeated easily. Furthermore, when you crack their plan, be sure not to cause the civil servants to kneel down and remonstrate. The emperor has the most troublesome civil servants kneeling down. admonish."
Jiang Bin's tone was like giving advice to the old sparrow Chang Feng in Dongting Lake.
Chang Feng said: "Of course I know this."
In the evening, Li Dongyang, the second assistant to the cabinet, visited his residence.
Li Dongyang was drinking tea and chatting with his stepson Li Zhaofan.
Thirty years ago, a great monk came to Li Dongyang's house to ask for alms. Li Dongyang was so kind that he asked the kitchen to give the monk a bag of white flour buns.
The great monk did not take the white-flour buns for free. Two prophecies were left.
The first prophecy: "You are so noble that you will become a very popular minister in the future."
Li Dongyang thought that the great monk took the white-flour buns to say auspicious words and didn't take it to heart.
The great monk made a second prophecy: "Unfortunately, you are the only star in the world, and you are destined to have no heirs."
The great monk's second prophecy has been fulfilled.
Not long after that, Li Dongyang and his wife Yue gave birth to a son, Li Zhaoxian. Only four months after the birth of his eldest son, Yue died of illness.
Li Zhaoxian had a difficult life. When I was eighteen years old, I took an exam and fell ill in the examination room. At the age of twenty-one, he failed to pass the exam and under the influence of his father, he entered the Imperial Academy to study. At the age of twenty-four, I mistakenly wrote the test paper and failed. Before taking the exam for the fourth time at the age of twenty-seven, I was probably too nervous before the exam and died of nervousness. I burped and caught cold. Li Dongyang sadly lost his eldest son.
Li Dongyang and Mrs. Xuxian Zhu gave birth to a second son, Li Zhaotong. When he was ten years old, Li Zhaotong went for a stroll on the street, accompanied by four servants. A carriage ran out of control and ran over him to death. Li Dongyang also specially wrote "The Son's Sign Buried with the Inscription" in the "Huailu Hall Manuscript" to commemorate it.
Li Dongyang also gave birth to a concubine, Li Wusun, with his concubine. Died of illness the night before his first birthday. Li Dongyang specially composed a poem "Crying the Noon Child": The child was dissatisfied with his life, so he wrote a lifelong period.
Li Dongyang suddenly discovered that the great monk's prediction was too accurate. It seems that his biological son cannot be fed. So he adopted Li Zhaofan, the son of his fourth brother Li Dongming. As an heir.
In short, Li Dongyang is a real hard-working person when it comes to inheriting the incense.
But Li Zhaofan is really up to date. He passed the county examination, prefecture examination, college examination, township examination, joint examination and palace examination all the way and was ranked on the gold list. Now he is serving as the sixth rank Sicheng in Shangbaosi.
Li Zhaofan said: "Father, this time Liu Shoufu and Mr. Xie Ge seem to be desperate to cut off Chang Feng. In their view, Chang Feng is the biggest minion of the Eight Tigers."
Li Dongyang smiled bitterly: "Why are two extremely smart people unable to figure out a problem?"
"Changfeng has never been a minion of the Eight Tigers. It is the shackles that restrain the Eight Tigers."
Li Zhaofan patted his head and said, "That's it. Father, I have learned a lesson."
After the tea time, You Jingwu came to Li Dongyang's residence.
He bowed to Li Dongyang respectfully: "Mr. Li, my father has a letter for me to deliver to you."
Li Dongyang asked: "Oh? What letter?"
You Jingwu said: "Mr. Li will know it at a glance."
Li Dongyang opened the letter, read the content briefly and laughed loudly: "What a Changfeng! Only he can come up with such ideas. You tell him, the things he entrusted me to do are just a matter of a finger's work. Leave it to me." "
You Jingwu held up his hand and said, "Then I will thank Mr. Li on behalf of my father."
Li Dongyang smiled and said: "There is no talk of thanking or thanking the in-laws. I don't want to see the father-in-law and son-in-law being forced to become idle nobles."
At night, Beicheng, Zuixian Tower.
Zuixianlou is the most prosperous restaurant in the capital recently, and the people who come in and out are either rich or noble.
Chang Feng, Fatty Xu, Wang Shouren, and You Jingwu's uncle Yan Song came to Zuixian Tower.
The waiters at Zuixian Tower knew at a glance that the four of them had extraordinary status.
The waiter shouted: "Four distinguished guests, please invite us to the private room upstairs!"
Chang Feng waved his hand: "No. We will sit in the lobby."
The waiter was stunned: "The four guest officers are very noble. Wouldn't it be a disgrace to sit in the lobby?"
Fatty Xu took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve and threw it to the waiter. The guy's quick eyesight and quick hands caught it.
Fatty Xu smiled and said, "What a nimble move. Stop talking nonsense. Let's sit in the lobby."
The waiter shouted: "Thank you for your reward! Four distinguished guests, greetings from the lobby on the first floor!"
The four of them sat around the table.
Chang Feng asked Yan Song: "How many months have my nephew been in office? Is he doing a satisfactory job in the Hanlin Academy?"
Yan Song replied: "I am a bookworm. Entering the Hanlin Academy is like a mouse falling into a rice vat. It is very satisfying."
Chang Feng said: "It is certain that the Shujishi, who is ranked second in the imperial examination, will be promoted to the top after studying in the Hanlin Academy for three years. I just don't know whether he will be promoted to the sixth department or to the local training."
"My nephew, you have a bright future."
Yan Song said: "I am not interested in promotion. I only have a special liking for reading."
Twenty-six-year-old Yan Song is an upright, elegant, and proud young man.
Fatty Xu said: "Master Chang, I have been your subordinate in Jinyiwei for more than ten years. This time you attacked the Marquis and want to be ranked below me! I am the serious Duke Jingnan."
"Bang!" Chang Feng slapped the table with an angry look on his face: "Xu, what's so great about you? You're still above me! I'm your mother, you just gave birth to a good child!"
Fatty Xu directly picked up the tea bowl and threw it to the ground with a bang: "Chang Feng, I'm your blood mother! What's so great about you? You're just a dog raised by the emperor!"
Chang Feng also picked up the tea bowl and threw it with a bang: "You are the only one who can throw bowls and pots, right? Look at you, you don't look like a human being, with a ghost head and a toad's eyes. The one who is immoral, the one who gets stabbed, forty miles." There is no home that you, a wolf, paid for!"
Fatty Xu raised his voice: "Are you okay? You are nothing like a bear carrying flowers! You are just a dog raised by the royal family! A dog eats shit after traveling thousands of miles!"
Yan Song was confused by the sudden change, and he thought to himself: Don't they all say that Master Chang and Duke Ding of Jin Yiwei should wear a pair of trousers? Why did the quarrel become like this without even saying a word?
Wang Shouren's face was calm. He drank tea calmly, as if he knew what was going on.
The quarrel between the two attracted the attention of guests from all walks of life in the hall.
Chang Feng cursed: "Fat Xu, if I were a dog, who would you be? You are a dog's subordinate who is in charge of raising elephants!"
"You're a natural-born loser. During the years when you were raising elephants in the elephant training center, the elephants lost weight and you gained weight! I never expected that the majestic queen of the mountain would steal the elephants' food!"
Fatty Xu scolded: "I'll fuck your mother! Butcher Chang, besides kidnapping, killing people, saping, and ransacking homes, what else can you do? If the imperial court lets you attack the Marquis of Xing'an, it will be like soaking in stinky dog shit." Taken to the temple!"
Chang Feng scolded: "Isn't my mother your grandmother? The taste of Duke Dingguo's mansion is so unique? Are you going to fuck your own grandmother for nothing?"
The quarrel between the two was simply a shrew's quarrel.
Fatty Xu sneered: "That's wrong. What I want to fuck most in my life is not your mother, but your wife Liu Xiaoyan. Tsk, tsk, tsk! If your wife hangs a sign in Yihong Building, it will be worth at least three hundred taels a night!"
Chang Feng's eyes widened angrily: "Can you say it again?"
Fatty Xu slapped the table: "Just give it a try! If your wife puts up a sign in Yihong Building, it will be worth at least three hundred taels a night!"
Chang Feng rounded his arms, "Pah!" and slapped Fatty Xu on the face.
Fatty Xu moved under the table and rolled around: "Chang Feng, you're done! You're in trouble!"
"Young and old men, please bear witness! The leader of the Jin Yiwei beat the Duke of the dynasty! Is there still a king's law? Is there a Ming law?"
"Oh, my head is dizzy. I'm dizzy, I'm dizzy, uh, I'm dizzy."
This farce in Zuixian Tower attracted hundreds of diners to watch.
It's not just a farce, it's a farce.
Two quarters later, Chang Feng and Yan Song walked out of Zuixian Tower first. Yan Song kept trying to persuade him: "Brother-in-law, a gentleman talks but never strikes. Besides, you are beating a duke."
Chang Feng's expression turned from anger to laughter: "Tonight I will beat the current Duke. My nephew, I need you to participate in the impeachment memorial as a Hanlin official."
Yan Song was stunned: "Should I participate in your participation? What should I participate in?"
Chang Feng replied: "I don't respect etiquette and I'm so bold. I slapped the Duke in public in a restaurant."
Yan Song was even more confused.
Chang Feng explained patiently: "You know that someone in the court wants to use the title of marquis to usurp my power, right?"
Yan Song nodded: "I know. This matter has been spread in the Hanlin Academy for a long time."
Chang Feng said the most crucial sentence: "According to the ancestral system, those who commit crimes are not allowed to attack the nobility."
Yan Song can become the second in the second class (fifth in the country), so he is naturally an extremely smart person. He suddenly realized: "It turns out that you and Duke Ding are acting."
Not long after Chang Feng and Yan Song left, Wang Shouren accompanied Fatty Xu and walked out of Zuixian Tower.
Fatty Xu laughed and said: "Chang Feng is such a fan! Why do I feel that he is not acting? I have offended him for some reason before, and he took the opportunity to take revenge!"
Wang Shouren said half-jokingly: "Isn't what you just said from your heart what you said just now? What you said about Mrs. Chang."
Fatty Xu said: "Egg! A sister-in-law is like a mother. I have always respected my sister-in-law as my own mother. Besides, can you speak out what is in your heart? What do you mean by saying what is in your heart?"
(End of chapter)
